Calibrachoa plant named ‘CBRZ0021’

ABSTRACT

A new  Calibrachoa  plant named ‘CBRZ0021’ particularly distinguished by the large sized purple flowers with a large darker eye and yellow inside the flower at the base of the petals, green foliage, good branching, early flowering, and a moderately compact, semi-trailing plant habit, and has little sensitivity to soil pH.

Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Calibrachoa hybrida.

Varietal denomination: ‘CBRZ0021’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new Calibrachoa, botanically known as Calibrachoa hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘CBRZ0021’.

‘CBRZ0021’ is a product of a planned breeding program. The new cultivar has large sized purple flowers with a large darker eye and yellow inside the flower at the base of the petals, green foliage, good branching, early flowering, and a moderately compact, semi-trailing plant habit, and has little sensitivity to soil pH.

‘CBRZ0021’ originated from a hybridization made in May 2014 in a greenhouse in Gilroy, Calif., USA. The female parent was ‘Superbells Blue Moon Punch’, not patented, which is a trailing variety with lilac flowers and a dark eye. The male parent of ‘CBRZ0021’ was an unpatented proprietary plant characterized by rose with dark eye flowers, known as ‘3043-1’ originating from a seedling selected in Gilroy, Calif.

The resulting seeds were sown in June 2014 and ‘CBRZ0021’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in September 2014 in a controlled environment in Gilroy, Calif.

The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘CBRZ0021’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were propagated from the initial selection in the fall of 2014 in a controlled environment in Gilroy, Calif.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Horticultural examination of plants grown from cuttings of the plant initiated in the spring of 2015, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘CBRZ0021’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.

‘CBRZ0021’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length.

A Plant Breeder's Right for this cultivar has not been applied for. ‘CBRZ0021’ has not been made publicly available prior to the effective filing date of this application, notwithstanding any disclosure that may have been made less than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application by the inventor or another who obtained ‘CBRZ0021’ directly from the inventor.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of the new variety. The combination of these characteristics distinguishes this Calibrachoa as a new and distinct variety.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘CBRZ0021’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type.

The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1 a close-up of the flowers and in FIG. 2 a flowering plant of the new variety.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs were taken in December 2017 in Gilroy, Calif.,

The measurements and observations were made on in Gilroy, Calif. on plants grown in an indoor trial.

Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘CBRZ0021’ AND A SIMILAR VARIETY ‘Eclipse Lavender’ ‘CBRZ0021’ 15/932,957 Main flower color: Dark purple with dark Purple eye Vigor: Moderately compact Compact-Medium Plant habit Semi-trailing Trailing

-   Plant:     -   -   Form, growth and habit.—Semi-upright stems, compact and             mounding, very well branched.         -   Plant height.—7-8.0 cm.         -   Plant height (inflorescence included).—7-8.0 cm.         -   Plant width.—18-24.0 cm.         -   Quantity of main branches.—4-6.         -   Quantity of secondary branches.—3-7 per basal branch.         -   Time to produce a flowering plant.—7-8 weeks for a 12 cm pot             (from planting of rooted cuttings). -   Roots:     -   -   Number of days to initiate.—18-21 days at about 22° C.         -   Number of days to produce a rooted cutting.—21-24 days at             22° C.         -   Type.—Fibrous.         -   Color.—RHS 158D. -   Stem:     -   -   Color of stem.—RHS 144B.         -   Length of stem.—9-15.0 cm.         -   Diameter.—0.15-0.25 cm.         -   Length of internodes.—0.7-1.5 cm.         -   Hairs.—Present. -   Foliage:     -   -   Immature leaf, color of upper surface.—RHS 138A.         -   Immature leaf, color of lower surface.—RHS 138B.         -   Mature leaf, color of upper surface.—RHS 137A.         -   Mature leaf, color of lower surface.—RHS 137C.         -   Leaf blade, length.—3.2-3.5 cm.         -   Leaf, width.—1.1-1.3 cm.         -   Shape.—Elliptical.         -   Base shape.—Attenuate.         -   Apex shape.—Obtuse to acute.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Hairs.—Present; small.         -   Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 138B.         -   Color of veins lower surface.—RHS 138B.         -   Petiole color.—RHS 139C.         -   Petiole length.—0.4-0.5 cm.         -   Diameter of petiole.—0.1 cm.         -   Hairs.—Present; small. -   Inflorescence:     -   -   Type.—Flowers solitary in upper leaf axis and slanting             upright or outwards.         -   Quantity of inflorescences per plant.—25-30.         -   Lastingness of individual flowers.—About 7-9 days.         -   Fragrance.—None.         -   Duration of flowering.—Continuous flowering throughout the             summer. -   Pedicel:     -   -   Color of pedicel.—RHS 144B.         -   Length of pedicel.—1.9-2.7 cm.         -   Diameter of pedicel.—1.0 mm.         -   Texture of pedicel.—Hairs. -   Flower:     -   -   Immature flowers, corolla upper surface.—RHS 77A.         -   Immature flowers, corolla lower surface.—RHS 1B.         -   Mature flowers, color upper surface.—RHS N80A with a RHS 79A             throat.         -   Mature flowers, color lower surface.—RHS 1A.         -   Flower horizontal diameter.—3-3.5 cm.         -   Flower height (vertical).—1.5-2.5 cm.         -   Corolla tube length.—0.5-0.8 cm.         -   Petal apex shape.—Emarginate to truncate.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Waviness of petals.—Weak to medium.         -   Petal lobation.—Moderate.         -   Corolla texture.—‘Face’ papillose and glabrous; rear side             with short hair.         -   Corolla tube color inside.—RHS 154C.         -   Corolla tube color outside.—RHS 150C. -   Bud (just before opening):     -   -   Color at apex.—RHS 77C.         -   Length.—2.4-2.6 cm.         -   Width (upper end).—0.8-1.0 cm.         -   Shape.—Oblong. -   Calyx:     -   -   Number of sepals.—5.         -   Color of sepals, adaxial or upper surface.—RHS 138A.         -   Color of sepals, abaxial or lower surface.—RHS 138A.         -   Length of sepals.—1.4-1.9 cm.         -   Width of sepals.—0.3-0.4 cm.         -   Sepal shape.—Lanceolate.         -   Apex shape.—Obtuse to acute.         -   Margins.—Entire.         -   Texture.—Some hairs. -   Reproductive organs:     -   -   Pistil.—1.         -   Length.—1.3 cm.         -   Style color.—RHS 145B.         -   Style length.—0.8-0.9 cm.         -   Stigma color.—RHS N144C.         -   Number of stamens.—5.         -   Color of filaments.—RHS 4D.         -   Length filaments.—0.7-1.0 cm.         -   Color of pollen.—RHS 13B.         -   Pollen amount.—Moderate.         -   Fertility/seed set.—Not observed on this hybrid.         -   Disease/pest resistance.—Not observed on this hybrid. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant named ‘CBRZ0021’, substantially as illustrated and described herein. 